Rope-making machine.



E. 0. BERG.

ROPE MAKING MACHINE. APPLIUATION FILEDNOV. 29, 1 907.

905,636.- Patented Dec. 1,1908.

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ELLING O. BERG, OF MADISON, MINNESOTA.

Korn-MAKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 29, 1907.

'Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

Serial N 0. 404,390.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLING O. BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Madison, in the county of Lac qui Parle and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Rope-Making Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rope making machines of that character designed to be operated by hand and its object is to simplify and otherwise improve the construction of machines of this character, renderin the same more compact, durable, and e cient and cheap to manufacture.

Wlith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a central transverse section. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a portion of a guide designed to be used in connection therewith.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates the body of the machine, the same being preferably formed of a strip of wood rectangular in outline and having preferably three transverse grooves 2 in its upper edge While secured to its ends are parallel supporting strips 3 which extend below the body 1 and are designed to embrace and fit snugly upon a supporting structure 4 which may be in the form of a board or any other suitable device.- Wear strips 5 are detachably connected to opposite faces of the body 1 and are provided with oppositely disposed apertures 6 designed to register with the slots 2 in body 1. Journaled within these apertures are revoluble rods 7 and 8, and each of these rods is provided at one end with a hook 9 designed to engage a strand of a rope. The other end of each rod has an integral crank 10 and mounted on these cranks is a connecting strip 11 which serves to hold the'cranks so that the same will rotate in unison. The crank of rod 8 is eX- tended through the strip 11 and has a grip 12 mounted upon it designed to be grasped by Obviously by operating the machine by means of this grip the series of hooks 9 are caused to rotate together and the strands carried by them will be simultaneously twisted.

In using the machine herein described the same is placed upon the support 4 and held in position thereon by means of the strips 3 which extend upon opposite faces thereof. The strands of the rope to be twisted are then tied to the hooks 9 and the three hooks simultaneously rotated by means of the crank of rod 8. Motion will of course be transmitted from this crank to the cranks of the other rods through strip 11.

If desired, a guide such as shown in Fig. 4 may be used in connection with the machine. This guide is to beheld in one hand and consists of a shank 13 rovided with a head 14 in which are formed s ots 15 designed to receive the respective strands of the rope.- By providing the wear strips 5should the parts become worn as a result of long use either or both of these strips can be removed and a new one substituted or if necessary, any one of the cranks can be removed and another substituted. The body 1 is thus relieved of wear and can be used indefinitely.

It will be noted that the strip 11 is held in place by a single nut 16, the same being place d in engagement with the crank of rod 8 and being suiiicient to hold the strip 11 constantly in position upon all of the cranks.

What is claimed is:

In a rope machine the combination with a body having transverse slots in the upper edge thereof; of wear strips detachably secured to the body and having apertures therein registering with the slots, simultaneously movable twisting devices journaled within the wear strips and removable therewith from the slots in the body, and strirs secured-upon the end ortions of the bocy and extending therebe ow, said strips constituting means for straddling and detachably engaging a support.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELLING O. BERG.

Witnesses:

Louis O. BERG, ERVIN J. HANsoN. 

